Orange, Ecobank debut money transfer service

Orange and pan-African banking group Ecobank have rolled out a service that will enable Orange Money subscribers who also have bank accounts with Ecobank to transfer money between their respective accounts.  The service has already been launched in Mali and will be...

Push to drive down smartphone panel prices

Even as smartphone panel resolution continues to rise, and as display sizes continue to grow, panel manufacturers are facing pressure to reduce prices. According to the Quarterly Mobile Phone Display Shipment and Forecast Report from IHS, total mobile phone display...

Flash ready for take-off

Flash storage is one of the disruptive technologies that is changing the game in the European storage market. Even though it is a relatively new technology and many vendors have only entered the European market in the past 12 to 18 months, customer adoption is already...

IoT expected to be transformative

More than 40% of organisations expect the Internet of Things (IoT) to transform their business or offer significant new revenue or cost-savings opportunities in the short term (over the next three years), rising to 60% in the long term (more than five years),...

Altech Multimedia believes in local tech

Following Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor’s call to the private sector to help elevate the recognition of home-grown technology to service the country’s markets and address local needs, Altech Multimedia believes it has the proven local technology,...

Lack of trust stifles app use

Almost half of all consumers say that a lack of trust limits the amount of apps they download, compared to 37% in 2013.This is according to results from MEF’s third annual Global Consumer Trust Report. The report, supported by AVG Technologies, analyses data from...